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Red Rock West

1993 · 98 min

A lean, sunbaked neo-noir that keeps tightening the screws, full of double-crosses and dry menace, with a drifter's luck running out.

Tagline
Where nothing is as it seems.
Overview
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialize in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money, and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • crime
  • greed
  • betrayal
  • survival
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2.5
Humour4
Realism6.5
Romance3
Tension7.5
Darkness6.5
Complexity6.5
Emotional weight4.5

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Details

Genres
crime, thriller
Directed by
John Dahl
Written by
Rick Dahl, John Dahl
Starring
Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle, J.T. Walsh, Timothy Carhart, Dan Shor, Dwight Yoakam, Craig Reay
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
98 min
Country
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Languages
English

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